School Stats
- Resident Tuition $25,660
- Non - Resident Tuition $59,228
- Application Fee $75
- AVG DAT 21.0
- AVG GPA 3.7
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Admissions Information
- Dental Admissions
- SDB 125
- 1720 2nd Avenue South
- Birmingham, AL 35294
- United States
- Phone: (205) 934-3387
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: www.uab.edu/dentistry/home/
School Overview
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry Fast Facts
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"The University of Alabama School of Dentistry, a unit of the Medical Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was created by an act of the state legislature in 1945, the same year that the School of Medicine moved to Birmingham from the university campus in Tuscaloosa and became a four-year school. The School of Dentistry admitted its first class of students in October 1948. Since that time it has gained a national reputation for excellence. In addition to its first professional degree (D.M.D.) program, the school offers accredited postdoctoral programs in twelve areas of study. The development of ""four-handed dentistry"" and the expanded utilization of trained auxiliary personnel were pioneered at this institution."
Curriculum
The clinical sciences are presented through a series of courses offered by the clinical dentistry departments throughout the four-year curriculum. Students are introduced to clinical practice on a limited basis during the first year through clinical sessions concerned with screening for oral diseases, preventive techniques, and prophylaxis. A multidisciplinary patient management core course is offered during the second year, enabling the student to gain skills in data collection and analysis, diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapeutic modalities through lecture presentations and patient care.ÿ
Facilities
Students at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry pursue their professional education utilizing modern equipment in recently renovated facilities. The renovations include all new state-of-the-art lecture rooms, new patient receiving and business areas, dental chairs and delivery systems, a new lobby and front entrance and preclinical labortary. The clinical facilities of the School of Dentistry Building contain more than 125,000 square feet of clinical teaching space. Teaching of the basic biomedical sciences is accomplished in Volker Hall. This multipurpose complex houses five lecture halls ranging in size from 125 to 700 seats and utilizes innovative audiovisual equipment and teaching aids, as well as wet and dry laboratories.
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